CRUSHING PERFORMANCE FROM THE DEE by Jim Lyttle Eight try spectacular overcomes Portadown On one of the windiest afternoons for playing rugby in recent times Donaghadee welcomed Portadown to Donaldson Park in what was seen as a key fixture for the home side in their quest to retain their Qualifying One status……. full story if […]
DONAGHADEE 1st XV 41 HOLYWOOD 1st XV 17 With a host of unavailabilities and injuries to contend with coaches Paul McKenzie and John West introduced Rhys Thompson, Matthew Johnston, Paul Blewitt, Andy Cash, Andy Findlater and Blair Savage into the match-day squad with Adam Torrens making a positional change from prop to lock and Chris […]
COOKE 35 DONAGHADEE 13 Despite the wintry conditions prevailing around the province conditions were excellent at Shaws Bridge for this Qualifying One relegation battle between Cooke and Donaghadee. The Dee started strongly but Cooke broke on loose ball with five minutes played and a fluffed clearance enabled Cooke to break on the blind side to […]
Excellent game, Kukri Qualifying 1 LEague at Shaws Brodge between Cooke RFC 1st Fifteen and Donaghadee RFC 1st Fifteen, accomplished in all areas with quality athletes in all positions. Both teams have clearly assembled experienced and dedicated athletes. Exciting rugby and well worth a visit on any Saturday afternoon. WE GOT 400+ FULL SIZE HIGH […]
DONAGHADEE 7 CLOGHER VALLEY 12 This season Donaghadee have been guilty of producing performances of inconsistent levels, but the squad will have gone into Saturday’s fixture against Clogher Valley knowing that only a very good performance was likely to be enough to get anything from this particular fixture. With a swirling wind to their back […]
CIYMS 14 DONAGHADEE 24 Donaghadee arrived at Belmont to the news that blindside flanker Richard Martindale had had to cry off due to sickness and, allied to the fact that open side Chris Hamilton had not yet recovered from injury, the portents were not good for another must win game for the Dee against a […]
Donaghadee 1st XV 8 Ballymoney 1st XV 24 Donaghadee welcomed Ballymoney for the key Christmas fixture on a dark and dank afternoon at Donaldson Park brightened by a pre-match warm-up game between the Mini Sections of both Clubs. The Dee were hampered by the loss of Richard Martindale and Chris Hamilton through unavailability and injury […]
Donaghadee 2nd XV 17 Ballymena 4th XV 12 Donaghadee II welcomed Ballymena IV to Donaldson Park in an important clash for both teams in Junior League 4 last Saturday. On this occasion the Dee men started really well and within five minutes of the start the in-form Andy McGrugan broke down the left wing with […]
DROMORE 1st XV 27 DONAGHADEE 1st XV 7 After the tremendous performance against CIYMS last week hopes were high that Donaghadee could take at least something from their trip to Barban Hill in the game against Dromore in the lastest round of Qualifying One. The Dee side lined up with the same personnel as last […]